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D. W. MILLS.

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Patented-Nov. 29,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

DELOSS W. MILLS, OF CARO, MICHIGAN.

CRACKER-CH EST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,159, dated November29, 1881,

Application led September 7, 1881.

To all lwhom lit may concern:

.Be it known that I. DELoss W. MILLS, of Caro, Tuscola county, Michigan,have invented an Improvementin Cracker-Chests, ofwhich the following isa specication.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in the construction of ca ses or chests for receivingcrackers, and from which they are retailed by the dealer, the objectbeing to preserve the crackers and to prevent their breaking.

The invention consists'in the peculiar construction ofthe chest, all asmore fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view with one of the side walls broken out.Fig. 2 is a vertical central section.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' this specification,A represents a suitable case or box, in one side of which is fitted thedrawer B, at or near the bottom, and upon the opposite side of the caseis formed a projecting shelfprovided with a lid, C, designed to closethe opening a, the size of said opening being regulated, as desired, bymeans of the slide b. Transversely across the box, and at the bottomthereof, is placed the low partition or wall c, from the top of whichthere extends the grated shelf D, the upper end of which rests upon theinner side of the chest upon the sideoppositethe discharge-openinga,thisgrate heilig set upon an incline, as shown. Upon (No model.)

shelf or table E, set at a lesserincline than the grate. F is a suitablecover.

In practice the crackers are dumped into the top of the chest restingupon the grate and shelf, a certain quantity' falling through upon theprojecting shelt'. When it is desired to remove any quantity of crackersthey are scooped out through the opening a, the crackers sliding downthe grate, which sifts the small particles and deposits them in thedrawer below, while the crackers pass on to the discharge.

By the use of this chest I am enabled to handle crackers with theleastpossible breakage, while at the same time they are kept sweet and freefrom the danger ot' molding or becoming musty.

What I claim as my invention is l. A cracker-chest provided with anopening, a, and lid C,in combination with the grate D and shelt' E,substantially as described.

2. A cracker-chest consisting| ofthe box A, provided with the opening a,grate D, shelf E, and drawer B, substantially as specified. l

3. Acracker-chest consisting ot' the box A, provided with the opening a,grate D, shelt' E, drawer B, and slide b, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

DELOSS W. MILLS.

, Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, CHARLES` J. HUNT.

